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2002–03 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team

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Conference
  
Pacific-10 Conference

AP
  
No. 2

Head coach
  
Lute Olson

Coaches
  
No. 5

2002–03 record
  
28–4 (17–1 Pac-10)

Assistant coach
  
Jim Rosborough


The 2002–03 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team represented the University of Arizona during the 2002–03 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Head coach Lute Olson led the team in his 20th season at Arizona. The team played their home games at McKale Center in Tucson, Arizona as members of the Pacific-10 Conference.

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The team earned the program's 10th Pacific-10 Conference championship with a record of 17–1 in conference play and 28–4 overall.

2003 NCAA Tournament

Arizona was invited to the NCAA Tournament for the 19th-straight season, receiving the top seed in the West Region. The team advanced to the Elite Eight by defeating (16-seed) Vermont, (9) Gonzaga, and (5) Notre Dame before falling 75-78 to (2) Kansas.

Awards

Jason Gardner
  • Consensus NCAA All-America Second Team
  • Pac-10 All-Conference Team
    • Luke Walton
  • Pac-10 All-Conference Team
    • Hassan Adams
  • Pac-10 All-Freshman Team
    • Andre Iguodala
  • Pac-10 All-Freshman Team
    • Lute Olson
  • Pac-10 Coach of the Year
  • Induction into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (September 27, 2002)

    • References

    2002–03 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team Wikipedia
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